Apple Still Pestering Us About Safari

Actually, I find it far more egregious that an OS will install code using a Software Update panel in which you specifically disabled (unchecked) that item. I've had Windows XP do this to me on more than one occasion. Since it's happened to me, I'm sure it has happened to others as well. Funny, I've never heard anyone complain about that; but then I don't really follow Windows issues -- I try to avoid it like the plague. For that matter, I generally don't use Software Update on the Mac either. I'm old school, and prefer to download a standalone updater. There's simply less that can go wrong that way.

arw of NC @ Apr 20, 2008 12:49:08 PM

Software Update

I don't know about the Windows version, but in the Mac version there is an "Update" in the menu bar. Click on it and there is an option to "Ignore Update." Select the update you wish to ignore and it will no longer show up when you use "Software Update."

ML of NY @ Apr 20, 2008 11:48:26 AM

Try to stop a Windows Update...

.... from going through IE.

The average user won't know the difference. And if you're MS, you can artificially raise your latest IE browser stats by treating every IE update as a 'security' issue.

The games are being played on both sides of the swamp to be sure.

Why not take the time to do an article comparing browsers on the Win platform and see how they all stack up against one another?

Paul Greatbatch of IN @ Apr 19, 2008 20:36:34 PM

Try to stop a Windows Update...

.... from going through IE.

The average user won't know the difference. And if you're MS, you can artificially raise your latest IE browser stats by treating every IE update as a 'security' issue.

The games are being played on both sides of the swamp to be sure.

Why not take the time to do an article comparing browsers on the Win platform and see how they all stack up against one another?

Paul Greatbatch of IN @ Apr 19, 2008 20:35:30 PM

Thanks, folks!

Ah, now I see. Dig into the menus and I can turn off the pestering. Done.

Would be better if Apple didn't bother us with it. Or they could make clear to us computer dummies how to turn it off. If they wanted to.

I like Apple. We run Windows and Macs at home (and a Linux box). But I did think Apple was above these sorts of ploys.

David LaGesse of MO @ Apr 19, 2008 15:37:06 PM

for goodness sake, enough already!

you are such a whiner!

simple instructions provided for you above, courtesy of B of MI - so stop your silly whining. i'm sick to death of hearing all you apple bashers who masquerade as tech writers going on and on about this issue, when all apple is doing is making it easy for windoze users to discover new alternative applications, when ordinarily, they might not have made the effort themselves to do so.

silly writer, you.

apple-basher-basher of AK @ Apr 19, 2008 13:31:16 PM

Microsoft is better???

I honestly hate IE and it is shoved down our throats. So what if Apple offers it to us. I try lots of software and dump it. Safari on Windows is so fast and looks great. So Dave, did you even try it or are you holding out on some silly principle that is clearly keeping Microsoft's constant invasion in a separate camp.

Toby of CO @ Apr 19, 2008 13:04:04 PM

He whines worse than the presidential candidates

You'd think they'd hire someone who knew how to use a computer and didn't whine so much over trivial things.

Bill Gates of CA @ Apr 19, 2008 07:56:50 AM